[Request] Lexmark 08z printer driver (deb or rpm packages)

LeoSolaris · 2010-09-16 22:47:10

Good evening! I have been trying and trying to get either Lexmark's 08z Printer Driver .deb or .rpm to convert to a tar.xz or tar.gz to install with pacman.

Here is a link to Lexmark's support page. (You can navigate to either the .deb or .rpm from there easily.)

I have a college paper due on monday, so it's not immediately pressing.

Thank you for all of your help in advance!
Leo

ASOM · 2010-09-17 04:27:08

I just had to install a Lexmark X5650 yesterday so I just happen to have what you need. I just threw it up on mediafire.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/7y5stm7ny … 386.tar.gz

LeoSolaris · 2010-09-17 14:05:55

Thank you! Since I doubt that they will be changing their drivers all that much, that really is all I needed.

How did you managed to get the packaging set up?

Ok, after trying to install it pacman -U /path/to/package.tar.gz gave me "error: missing package metadata."

Last edited by LeoSolaris (2010-09-17 14:14:10)

ASOM · 2010-09-17 14:27:11

I didn't make a package with it, I just did manual install. I was out of money and time which was the only reason I ended up with a Lexmark printer. Give me a little time and I'll type out what I did. I'll be gone over the weekend otherwise I'd make a PKGBUILD.

ASOM · 2010-09-17 15:48:18

tar xvf lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.tar.gz
sudo cp -R ./usr /
cd /usr/local/lexmark
sudo ./08z-series-driver.link /usr/local/lexmark
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/cups/backend/lxk08zusb /usr/lib/cups/backend/lxkusb

You can add it through cups at this point. The PPD file will be in /usr/local/lexmark/08zero/etc

I'm on 32 bit so it wasn't needed to go any further, 64 bit will probably need lib32-libcups from the multilib repo.

Last edited by ASOM (2010-09-17 15:50:10)

LeoSolaris · 2010-09-17 21:25:00

Thanks ASOM! That did the trick. Next time I will investigate a little more before picking up a new piece of hardware that just started to support Linux.

I suppose I could see that money spent as an encouragement for Lexmark, since they did take the big leap into the scary waters of open source support.

Perhaps with a little helpful feedback, we can get them to put the drivers in a package like HP uses. I don't care what's in the package that gets my printer to work, just so long as it is fully functional. I know, I know.. "Bad Open Source Advocate!" ...but we can just club these companies to death when they don't do every little thing our way. After all, most of us use nVidia cards, since the nVidia blob is still better than the open source nouveau driver. (For the time being. I still have faith in those devs!)

cwuth · 2010-11-10 02:43:34

I tried this on x86_64 with no success. I have the following lib32 packages installed: lib32-gcc-libs, lib32-heimdal, lib32-libcups, lib32-gnutls, lib32-libstdc++5, lib32-sqlite3. Has anybody been able to get this printer driver to work on Arch 64?

exiquio · 2010-12-29 22:23:40

@cwuth

I can print while connected via usb without an issue based off of ASOM's post. I am using a 64 bit Arch install. What I am trying to find out is a way to connect this machine to my wireless network without Windows. I should have read the Arch forums before buying this printer. Back to the fustration...

phunni · 2011-08-08 15:49:37

ASOM wrote:

I just had to install a Lexmark X5650 yesterday so I just happen to have what you need. I just threw it up on mediafire.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/7y5stm7ny … 386.tar.gz

Don't seem to be able to get it anymore - any chance you could put it somewhere else accessible?

Arch Linux

#1 2010-09-16 22:47:10

[Request] Lexmark 08z printer driver (deb or rpm packages)

#2 2010-09-17 04:27:08

Re: [Request] Lexmark 08z printer driver (deb or rpm packages)

#3 2010-09-17 14:05:55

Re: [Request] Lexmark 08z printer driver (deb or rpm packages)

#4 2010-09-17 14:27:11

Re: [Request] Lexmark 08z printer driver (deb or rpm packages)

#5 2010-09-17 15:48:18

Re: [Request] Lexmark 08z printer driver (deb or rpm packages)

#6 2010-09-17 21:25:00

Re: [Request] Lexmark 08z printer driver (deb or rpm packages)

#7 2010-11-10 02:43:34

Re: [Request] Lexmark 08z printer driver (deb or rpm packages)

#8 2010-12-29 22:23:40

Re: [Request] Lexmark 08z printer driver (deb or rpm packages)

#9 2011-08-08 15:49:37

Re: [Request] Lexmark 08z printer driver (deb or rpm packages)

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